Val McDermid Books in Order: Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, Lindsay Gordon series, Kate Brannigan series, Karen Pirie series, short stories, standalone ... and a biography. (Series Order Book 52)

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I did feel the plot get tediously hampered by various things, for instance the 2 dullard coppers who decide to put under suspicion the entire profiling force for the murder of one of their own, simply because the team knew each other. Such a flimsy basis surely couldn’t give them the powers to dismantle a whole subdivision within the police force? One of the coppers, Waldron had the imagination of a fence post.

However, the author came to adore the characters of Hill and Jordan, and she also found that she couldn’t stop speculating about their possible future. So she decided to write a couple more books in the series. I highly recommend the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series to every crime fiction/thriller fan with one warning. Her books can be quite dark, so you may want to tread lightly if you prefer to avoid heavy doses of pure evil. Val McDermid doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is Past Lying and was released on October, 12th 2023. It is the newest book in the Inspector Karen Pirie Series.How The Dead Speak is book 11 in the Carol Jordan and Tony Hill series. It has been a while since I read one of these books which is something I need to immediately rectify. I forgot how brilliant Val McDermid is and I am so looking forward to seeing her at BAD Writers Festival in Sydney in September. I received this book from Grove Atlantic with a publication date on 3rd December but it has already been released here in Australia and the UK - and I could not wait to read it. Fans of this series will love it and I felt that it could be read as a stand alone too. There are quite a few threads playing out in this story, all of which Val weaves together even while drawing engaging and well-developed characters. I adapted Clean Break for BBC Radio Four from the Kate Brannigan novel of the same name. Brannigan gets involved in a madcap chase across Europe as she tries to unravel a series of art thefts. High points include Richard’s rendition of ‘The Lonely Goatherd’… Featuring Charlotte Coleman as Kate and Kathryn Hunt as Shelley/Alexis. But we only had an hour’s transmission time to work with, so I only adapted one half of the book, leaving the way open for… Mina, Denise (February 2002). "Denise Mina talks to Val McDermid". Sunday Herald. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 . Retrieved 9 July 2007.

Her books have been translated into over 30 languages and have sold more than 11 million copiesall over the world. Carol has secluded herself away and is working on refining her restoration skills, now expanded into furniture making. Val McDermid ends Raith Rovers support over David Goodwillie deal". BBC News. 1 February 2022 . Retrieved 1 February 2022. I am very psyched to have finally started reading her books featuring psychologist Tony Hill and homicide detective Carol Jordan. I’m not a big PBS watcher so i was unaware it had been adapted into a popular television series. (I didn’t know that another of my favorites, the DCI Alan Banks series by Peter Robinson has also previously appeared on TV, presumably imported from the BBC.)On 6 December 2012 a woman poured ink over McDermid during an event at the University of Sunderland. [20] McDermid was signing books, and a woman asked her to autograph a Top of the Pops annual which contained a picture of the disgraced late TV presenter Jimmy Savile. After McDermid reluctantly agreed the woman threw ink at her and ran out of the room. [21] McDermid said the incident would not stop her from doing signings. [22] [23] a b "Dr Val McDermid – English, 1972". St Hilda's College, Oxford. 29 January 2016 . Retrieved 29 May 2019. A writer of suspense and mystery novels, Val is most commonly known for Doctor Tony Hill, a character that first appeared in The Mermaids Singing, the first novel in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, released in 1995. By far, my favourite parts were those involving Paula & Stacey. They’re struggling to adapt to ReMIT’s new direction & suffering under Rutherford’s rule (did I mention he’s a pompous, preening….oh ya, I did). They band together to get the job done in spite of him & deliver some of the best dialogue. The story surrounding the convent provides some suspense in what is otherwise a more personal instalment that serves as a transitional book in the series. I took my time with this book, as I wanted to savor it and take in all the details rather than rushing to find out whodunnit.

The constant switching of multiple POV’s (often at a critical moment) made it a challenge to become fully engaged in any of the story lines & I was probably at the 60% mark before I got an inkling of that need-to-know feeling. It took that long for each to develop enough to get me hooked. Also, I’m not sure I understood the point of Carol & Vanessa’s little adventure. There are plenty of other threads running & I felt it could have been left out entirely without affecting the overall story. I can’t help but feel I missed something there. When we return to Bradfield, Tony Hill is in prison and struggling to find his place. Carol Jordan has been ousted from ReMIT and begins to work with her old nemesis Bronwen Scott, seeking justice for people accused or found guilty for crimes they didn’t commit. A new version of ReMIT has been put in place, with DCI Rutherford in charge and the old crew – Alvin, Karim, Paula and Stacey – joined by newbies Steve and Sophie. They’re investigating the discovery of thirty skeletons found on the grounds of a former convent and girls’ home. Cross and Burn by Val McDermid: Undiscovered Scotland Book Review". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk . Retrieved 16 April 2022.In a beautiful plot move, more bodies are then discovered in the grounds of the former refuge. These are clearly more recent, having been found under a vegetable plot, their heads wrapped in plastic bags. If we didn’t know it before, we now know for certain that a serial killer is at work.

I adapted it for radio and it was produced for BBC Radio Scotland by Stewart Conn, reaturing Maev Alexander, Fidelis Morgan, Amanda Hillwood, Vivienne Dixon and Vari Sylvester. 90mins. In this novel, I particularly liked the insight into the internal dynamics of ReMIT; functioning without its two charismatic leaders and the character development of its regular members: Paula, Stacey, Alvin and Karim. So, whilst I seem to enjoy Val's standalone novels, I just can't find anything in this series that resonates with me. At all. DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Grove Atlantic via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions. In “How the Dead Speak,” Val McDermid continues her outstanding Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series. Following the events in the previous book, “Insidious Intent,” Tony Hill is now in prison for manslaughter and Carol Jordan is at loose ends without him and her career. Jordan’s former team is investigating the discovery of two different sets of skeletons found on the grounds of a former convent. Meanwhile, Tony is forced to help his evil, vindictive mother, and Carol becomes involved with a group trying to free innocent prisoners.Tony often experiences vivid visions of the murdered victims during his cases, which he usually ignores, or at least never brings up when he sees them while surrounded by other people. Both in the books and the TV series. Tony is also seen talking to these visions in an attempt to understand the crimes, and sometimes is even seen acting out the murders in his mind, anything from imagining stabbing a housewife to death in Sharp Compassion to beating and shooting a young man in the head in From the Defeated. The question as to whether this is evidence of Tony's holistic genius in trying to understand the killer's motive or rather a more sinister psychological disturbance in his mind is left open to debate. I thought the second novel in McDermid’s Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series was better than the first. Although Tony still has his psychological hang-ups, they are not emphasized as strongly in WIRE IN THE BLOOD, and consequently, Tony becomes a more appealing main protagonist.